Durban panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 22:38 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:53
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:14 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 08:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 17:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 23:00
- Karana Vanija until 08:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:53
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:44 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 17:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 08:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:50 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:30 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 07:04 Aries
- 07:04 – 09:23 Taurus
- 09:23 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:08 Cancer
- 13:08 – 14:34 Leo
- 14:34 – 15:58 Virgo
- 15:58 – 17:32 Libra
- 17:32 – 19:27 Scorpio
- 19:27 – 21:42 Sagittarius
- 21:42 – 00:03 next day Capricorn
- 00:03 – 02:22 next day Aquarius
- 02:22 – 04:39 next day Pisces
- 04:39 – 06:30 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method